This powerful video shows peoples reactions to translating racist remarks on social media. It shows the people are inherently good and just how far we have come in the last 30 years tackling all forms of discrimination.
“It’s Very Difficult To Say Looking In Your Eyes”
It’s that statement that stood out to me the most from this social experiment, because it encompasses the disconnection through connection that social media seems to offer some of us. It allows us to say something hateful to someone without ever having to deal with either the inherent difficulty in saying these things in person or the consequences of doing so.
What’s worse is that through social media being a bully has even become popular. People will do anything for the like or thumbs up. Think of how often you see the top comment on an article, video, or post being someone making fun of someone or something that it involves. Would anyone ever dare do that if they had to say it in person?
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